Sunday, February 24, 2013

Energy Drink Review: Monster Rehab RoJo

Monster has added 3 new flavours to its product line including, Rojo tea, Green tea, and Orangeade, today we will focus on Rojo.

Taste

The idea of a rooibos tea energy drink sounded quite interesting to me when I saw this. As I cracked it open and took the first taste, I picked up cranberry and something else I wasn't really able to pinpoint, I'm guessing that's the tea. It is sweeter then the other 3 but not overly sweet. There is a bit of tartness from the cranberry juice in the finish. One thing that I did not like is because the rehabs are sweetened with splenda you get a bit of that "splenda taste" in the finish but its barley noticeable. Overall very tasty and refreshing.


Ingredients

Rehab is a'lot different then much other energy drinks that are out there. Monster includes what they call there Rehab Energy blend which includes the following. 
Taurine   1937mg
Panax Ginsing   388mg
Caffeine   161mg
Concentrated coconut water 48mg
Rooibus tea   48mg
D-glucuronolactone   9.6mg
Guarana   9.6mg
Inositol   9.6mg
Goji berry   5mg
Mangosteen   5mg
VB3   39mg
VB5   19mg
VB6   4mg
VB12   11.6mcg

Other ingredients include: water, cranberry juice concentrate  glucose, natural fruit flavours, tea extract, citric acid, sodium citrate, tartaric acid, sucralose, magnesium lactate, monopotassium phosphate, calcium lactate pentahydrate, sodium chloride, acesulfame  potassium, acai.


Buzz

After drinking the can in about 10-15 mins it wasn't long before I started feeling the effects. There is almost no suger in the can (6 grams) so I dident get jittery at all. There was a solid feeling of alertness and the need to work. After powering through the programming I had for the day AND my Social Studies 12 homework in about 2 hours I still felt the effects for a further 1 and a half hours with no crash. After coming down I still felt refreshed and only a bit tired. 

Verdict

Monster has definitely hit home with this. The drink is very refreshing with a solid, long lasting buzz and great taste. I would recommend this to anyone who has had a long night the day before, or before a study session. Overall marks are 90/100.

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